Aircraft Photo of 88003 | Fairchild Swearingen Tp88 Metro III/AEW | Sweden - Air Force | AirHistory.net #852573
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:88003
Military Code:883
Other Marks:322
Aircraft Original Type:Swearingen SA-226 Metro
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild Swearingen SA-226/227 Merlin IV/Metro
Aircraft Version:Fairchild Swearingen Tp88 Metro III/AEW
C/n (msn):AC-421B
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Paris - Le BourgetMap
Country:France
Airport Codes:ICAO: LFPB   IATA: LBG   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Paris Air Show 1989
 
Photo Date:13 June 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 852573
Photo Comment

Built as Merlin IV c/n AT-070 N5498M in 1979 and used as a static test airframe. Converted to a Metro III in 1982 then to the Swedish Air Force as 88003 in 1987 and used as a demonstrator for the Erickson AEW Erieye Radar. Converted to a standard Metro III and registered as SE-LIM and then to OLT - Ostfriesische Lufttransport as D-COLD in 1998. To McNeely Charter Service as N211RH in 2010. Current on the register with them in 2025.

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